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Neotredecim Periodical Cicada
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Neotredecim Periodical Cicada

Magicicada neotredecim
BirdNET IDBN07029
Taxon groupInsecta
iNat observations503
Image sourceiNaturalist
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Description wikipedia

Magicicada neotredecim is the most recently discovered species of periodical cicada. Like all Magicicada species, M. neotredecim has reddish eyes and wing veins and a black dorsal thorax. It has a 13-year life cycle but seems to be most closely related to the 17-year species Magicicada septendecim. Both species are distinguished by broad orange stripes on the abdomen and a unique high-pitched song said to resemble someone calling "weeeee-whoa" or "Pharaoh." They differ only in life cycle length. Another closely related 13-year species Magicicada tredecim differs very slightly from M. neotredecim, and for many years two were considered one species with slight differences in abdomen color and mitochondrial DNA suggesting a zone of hybridization or introgression between 13-year and 17-year -decim populations. Then in 1998, scientists studying recordings of the chorus sound of Brood XIX recognized that the low-pitch component of the chorus contained two peak frequencies in some midwestern populations, corresponding to the songs of two sympatric 13-yr species related to M. septendecim. Experiments subsequently demonstrated the existence of two populations of female cicadas that responded selectively based on the two male song frequencies. Because of their many similarities, M. neotredecim, M. tredecim, and M. septendecim are often described together as "decim periodical cicadas."

Translated Descriptions (1)

ru wikipedia
Magicicada neotredecim (лат.) — вид периодических цикад с 13-летним жизненным циклом, распространенный в восточной части Северной Америки. Относится к группе decim, включающей также виды Magicicada tredecim (13-летняя) и Magicicada septendecim (17-летняя). По своему циклу сходен с видами Magicicada tredecassini, Magicicada tredecula и Magicicada tredecim, имеющими также 13-летний период развития. Глаза и жилки крыльев красные, верхняя часть груди чёрная. Пением и оранжевой окраской брюшка напоминают вид Magicicada septendecim, от которого отличаются жизненным циклом. Близок к виду Magicicada tredecim, с которым многие годы объединялся в единый вид и от которого отличается окраской брюшка и митохондриальной ДНК.

Common Names (2 locales)

en Neotredecim Periodical Cicada
zh-CN 新十三年蝉

External Identifiers

iNaturalist#244336
Macaulay Libraryt-12125395
observation.org#1179642
GBIF8268314
NCBI145348